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James J. Martin (born December 29, 1960) is an American Jesuit priest, writer, editor-at-large of America magazine and the founder of Outreach. [1]A New York Times Best-Selling author, Martin's books include The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life, Jesus: A Pilgrimage, and My Life with the Saints.
In 2004 Martin donated £60m to help establish The James Martin 21st Century School, which in 2010 was renamed The Oxford Martin School, at the University of Oxford, in what was the largest single donation to the university. [8] This school aims to "formulate new concepts, policies and technologies that will make the future a better place to be ...
Born in Boston in 1941, Abigail Thomas is the daughter of Lewis Thomas, an essayist, poet, physician and scientist, and Beryl Dawson.Thomas is one of three sisters. [1] The family moved at two-year intervals to follow Dr. Thomas's career, which led to Thomas attending 11 schools by the 10th grade.
James Aloysius Martin SJ (August 30, 1902 – October 1, 2007) was an American Jesuit priest, professor and athletic director. Martin was the world's oldest Jesuit priest at the time of his death at the age of 105 at the Georgetown University Jesuit Residence in Washington, DC [ 1 ]
Ruth B. Bottigheimer catalogued this and other disparities between the 1810 and 1812 versions of the Grimms' fairy tale collections in her book, Grimms' Bad Girls And Bold Boys: The Moral And Social Vision of the Tales. Of the "Rumplestiltskin" switch, she wrote, "although the motifs remain the same, motivations reverse, and the tale no longer ...
Jon M. Sweeney (born July 18, 1967) is an American author. His most frequent subjects are Catholic, particularly St. Francis of Assisi, about whom Sweeney has written The St. Francis Prayer Book, Francis of Assisi in His Own Words, When Saint Francis Saved the Church, The Complete Francis of Assisi, and The Enthusiast.
Susan Morrison's biography of the late-night comedy producer is also the history of a pop culture institution, now marking its 50th year.
After the book was released, Moran and Sceurman began receiving letters from individuals across the United States, detailing oddities from their home states, which prompted Moran and Sceurman to create Weird US. [2] The Weird US book series spawned a television series of the same name that aired on the History Channel from 2004 to 2005. As of ...